Torpedo-boat



(No Model.)

G. H. REYNOLDS TOBPEDO BOAT.. I No. 251,288. Patented Dec. 20,1881.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT -QFFICE' GEORGE H. REYNOLDS, on NEW YORK, a. Y.,ASS1GNOR E THREE-,FOURTHS TO .MAncUs AQHARDY, on NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, AND MARTIN HUBBE, OF BAYONNE. NEW JERSEY.

TO RPED O- BOAT.

ommies forming part of Letters Patent a... 251,288, dated December 20,1 81;

' Applicationfiled Jnlyfll, 1881. mamas.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. REYNoLDs, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Torpedo and other Submarine Boats,'ofwhich the following is aspecification.

The object of the present improvements is to provide a boat suitable for use for torpedoes and other submarine purposes, and which 10 may be made to properly maintain its upright position, even when made of around cross-section or of any other form which ofi'ers equal resistance to turning on all sides.

To this end the improvements consist in the combination, in a torpedo or other submarineboat, of a cylindric body-section aiid a sternsection which has itsg'reatest bulk elevated or extended above the axial line of the body-section,'whereby the boat is cfl'ectuall y prevented from turning over. The boat may have a bowsection which tapers to a point in line with the axis of the body-section. l

The improvements also consist in the combination, with such a boat, of a means for ex- 2 hansting the steam, air, gas, or other motive a gentemployed to propel the boat, and for payin-gout a cable when the boat is used for a torpedo. t v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a torpedo-boat embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a portion of the same, taken just forward of the propeller; and Fig.3representsa side view of the hull of the boat alone. I 3 5 Similar letters of reference'designa'te corresponding parts in the figures.

A designates the 'body'section of the boat. It is made, as here shown, in the form of a cylinder.

B designates a bow-section, (shown as made in the form of a cone,) having its axis in line with the ,axis of the body-section. These two sections of the boat, when thus shaped and combined,obviously offer the same resistance at all 5 points to being turned in the water.

C designates a stern-section, (shown as made in theform of acone,) having its axis upwardly inclined with relation to the axes of the body and bow sections A and B. The inclination of thestern-section elevates orextends its portion of greatest buoyanoyabove the axes ot the body and bow sections, andthe boat is thus maintained. in an upright position. Moreover, this result is contributed to by the resistance to turning which is'oftered by the excessof surface in the stern-section above the axes of the body and bowsections. v

D designates a tube, which ex tends rearwardly through the lower part of the stern-section, and is connected to; said section and stayed at. the outer end by means of a'stern posto'r brace,

- E. Through this tube passes a hollow shaft, F, Y

on which is mounted a screw-propeller, G, behind the stern post or brace.

H-designates a tube which extends through thehollow propeller-shaft. The steam, air, gas, or other motive agent employed to propel the boat may be exhausted through this tube; and a cable, I, whereby,throug.h.t'he agency of electricity, the boat may be controlled from the shore or other place, may bepaid out through 'said tube. 1

J designates a fin arranged between the sternsection 0 and the tube D.

K designates a rudder connected with the fin J, and arranged between the stern'section O and the tube The propeller-shaft F'and the tubes D and-H are in the same vertical plane as the axis of the stern-section, and this arrangement of the propeller-shaft in relation to a stern-section of the'kind described tends to prevent the rolling and a stern-section which has its greatest bulk elevated or extended above the axial line of the body-section, substantially as specified.

.2. The combination, in-[a torpedo or other submarine boat, witha cylindric body-section and a conical bow-section having its axis in line with that of thebody-section, of a conical stern-section having its axis upwardly inclined with relation to the axes of the body and how sections, substantially asspecificd. 3.. The combination, witlratorpedo or other submarine boat haxing a hull composed of a cylindric body-section,a conical bowsection in axial line with the body-section, and an upweirdly-inclined conic'al stern-section, of a propeller-shaft extending below thestern-section,

in the same vertical plane as the axis thereof,

and in a plane parallel with the axis of the body-section, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a torpedo or other p t-Witnessesi extending below thestern-sectiou, in the same 20 vertical plane as the axis thereof, and ina plane parallel with the axis of the body-section, substantiall y as specified GEO. En gma-mm.

'FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE H. BOTTS. 

